Not
since 1775 has a central government in America attempted to disarm
its citizens in the way that President Barack Obama and Senator Dianne
Feinstein did recently. King George III attempted to disarm the colonists
on April 19, 1775, and that attempt ignited America’s War for
Independence. Leading the charge to resist the banning and confiscation
of their firearms were colonial pastors such as Jonas Clark. Back
then, America’s pastors had a thorough comprehension of the
Biblical principles of liberty, including the right to keep and bear
arms. They taught their congregations these sacred principles with
such zeal and persuasion that the attempt by those British troops
to march on Lexington and Concord and seize the colonists’ guns
was met with the now famous “shot heard ’round the world.”
Ever since that historic event, the people’s right to bear arms
has been held sacred by the vast majority of Americans--Christian
or otherwise. The right to bear arms was understood to be, not just
a right, but a God-ordained duty, a long time before it was ever enshrined
in the Second Amendment to the US Constitution.

The
recent attempt by Barack Obama and Dianne Feinstein to ban semi-automatic
rifles, limit magazine capacity, and create universal background checks
and gun registration was as close to what old King George attempted
to do as this nation has ever seen. Fortunately, public outcry against
this egregious gun grab was so unmistakably loud and clear that these
gun control bills failed to pass even the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Thank God for every person and group around the country that rose
up to defeat this piece of modern-day tyranny.

However,
if you think that Obama and Feinstein are going to abandon their attempt
to outlaw and confiscate your guns, you are sadly mistaken. They will
not stop. But the good news is neither will we!

Liberty
lovers spoke with their petitions to Congress and with their pocketbooks
at gun shops. The backlog for firearms stands at over two million,
according to recent reports. Some ten million guns flew off the shelves
in the first couple weeks after the proposed gun ban was announced.
Ammunition is in such short supply that even .22LR cartridges are
as scarce as hen’s teeth. Does anyone believe that the American
people are spending all of this money purchasing all of these guns
and all of this ammo with the intention that they will turn around
a few months later and surrender them to the federal government? HECK
NO!

One
good thing that the attempted gun ban by Obama and Feinstein accomplished
was to alarm and awaken millions of Americans who previously thought,
“It can’t happen here.” They thought this issue
was settled back in 1775 and 1776. Now they realize that every generation
of Americans has to settle this issue for themselves. I don’t
think these Americans will fall asleep again on this issue in the
foreseeable future.

The
one glaring weakness of this modern march on Concord was the lack
of pastoral leadership. In short, THERE WASN’T ANY! The vast
majority of America’s Christian pastors were absolutely silent.
There are simply far too few Jonas Clarks today. In 1775, the vast
majority of America’s pastors were outspoken proponents of the
right of Christians to resist the tyrant’s attempt to take away
their guns, whereas, today, the vast majority of America’s pastors
are both utterly passive and indifferent to the threat or are actually
complicit with and supportive of the threat.

As
a result of this lack of principled leadership from the pulpit, Christians
in general seem to share the passiveness and indifference of their
pastors. Christians throughout America seem to believe that it somehow
honors God to allow the divine right of self-defense to be yanked
away from them. They foolishly believe that they have a Christian
duty to turn in their guns should the government tell them to do so.
The spirit of Jonas Clark and the Minutemen of 1775 was the spirit
of Christian resistance. Sadly, this spirit is lacking in the hearts
of most of today’s pastors and churchmen. This is the most glaring
difference between the attempted gun grab of King George and the attempted
gun grab of Barack Obama. Yes, we defeated the Obama/Feinstein gun
grab for now, but with very little help from our pastors and churches.

As
we saw all of this unfolding, my constitutional attorney son Tim and
I realized this problem had to be addressed. So, we collaborated together
to write a brand new book that I hope will help bring the American
pulpit and church house back to their senses and will help to restore
the historic God-ordained principle of Christian resistance in our
country.

The
title of this brand new book is “To Keep or Not To Keep: Why
Christians Should Not Give Up Their Guns.” I’m happy to
report the book is now printed and available for shipment. And we
are shipping the book this week to people who pre-ordered the book.

Of
course, no person, Christian or not, should give up their guns, but
we specifically address the book to Christians, because this is where
there seems to be the most ignorance and indifference. Christians
simply must be awakened to their responsibility to “provide
for their own.”

Tim
and I scour the entire Bible, quote hundreds of references, and deal
with all those verses of Scripture that are used to promote the doctrine
of passiveness and compliance toward tyranny. We examine each passage
carefully and reverently. We examine the context. We examine the totality
of Scripture, not just an isolated verse or interpretation. We prove
categorically that nowhere does the Bible teach God’s people
should be doormats for tyrants, that nowhere does the Bible teach
God’s people should allow themselves to be disarmed and defenseless,
and nowhere does the Bible teach God’s people should obey the
laws of government that would contradict or deny the divine laws of
God, including the Natural Law of self-defense.

I
am convinced if this book can get into the homes of enough pastors
and Christians today, we would see a resurrection of the spirit of
resistance that was so eloquently preached and portrayed by the clergymen
and churchmen of America’s founding generation. And people such
as Barack Obama and Dianne Feinstein would think long and hard before
they dared to attempt such an overt act of tyranny against the liberties
of the American people.

In
short, this is the one book that Barack Obama and Dianne Feinstein
DO NOT WANT YOU OR YOUR PASTOR TO READ!

Again,
the book is printed and ready to ship. Order today and you will have
your copy soon. And please buy at least one extra book to give to
someone you know who needs it.

I
am certain that the reason that so many of our Christian friends are
indifferent toward the absolute right to be armed is because they
simply do not know any better. They are good people who have just
never been taught the truth of this subject. Well, now you have the
resource that will give your Christian friends (and non-Christian
friends, too) the Scriptural tools they need to know what God’s
truth is relative to the right of lawful self-defense and why CHRISTIANS
SHOULD NOT GIVE UP THEIR GUNS.

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To
my knowledge, there hasn’t been a book such as this written
in nearly one-hundred years. Maybe longer. If enough people will read
this book, it has the potential to alter the way Christians view their
duty to defend themselves, their homes, their communities, and their
country for generations to come. What the pulpits and churches had
in 1775 and 1776, they can have again! This book will help them get
it back.

Once
more, our new book, “To Keep or Not To Keep: Why Christians
Should Not Give Up Their Guns” is AVAILABLE NOW. To order, go
to:

Chuck
Baldwin is a syndicated columnist, radio broadcaster, author, and
pastor dedicated to preserving the historic principles upon which
America was founded. He was the 2008 Presidential candidate for the
Constitution Party. He and his wife, Connie, have 3 children and 8
grandchildren. Chuck and his family reside in the Flathead Valley of
Montana. See Chuck's complete bio here.

The
recent attempt by Barack Obama and Dianne Feinstein to ban semi-automatic
rifles, limit magazine capacity, and create universal background checks
and gun registration was as close to what old King George attempted
to do as this nation has ever seen.